Integrity Score 570
No Records Found
No Records Found
As the third mission commenced, Nag-tcho along with his 5 attendants had to face several adversities on the way. At the Indian frontier, they escaped a greedy plot for possessing their gold by way of their assassination during their stay in a bamboo house. On the next day they joined a party of the Nepalese prince consisting of 10 men on the way to Vikramshila and reached the banks of the Ganga, from where they were transported to the gates of Vikramshila on the other side by a boatman after dusk. With the gates having been closed for the night, they slept in a dharmasala nearby and next morning, were led to Gya-tson Senge, then residing in the house assigned for the Tibetans. There, Nag-tcho was advised not to immediately pronounce the intended purpose but to firstly stay in the Mahavihar as a resident pupil of Sthavira Ratnakara, then influential and also the chief of Atisa, and to gain his confidence by good behavior and sincerity in studies after offering half an ounce of gold seeking admission into the monastery.
To be continued...